As a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group, Brian’s practice includes a variety of types of commercial litigation including representation of large, private and publicly-trade participants in the manufacturing, construction, telecommunications, food services and
financial services industries. Brian has represented those clients in multiple jurisdictions, including Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Texas, Florida, Kentucky, New York and Delaware.
PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRY TEAMS
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction and Building Products Litigation
- Environmental Litigation
- Governmental Litigation
- Financial Services Litigation
- White Collar, Compliance and Government Investigations
- Construction Task Force
EXPERIENCE
- Currently representing a large, multinational participant in the construction supply industry in two data breach cases pending in federal courts in two different states.
- Currently representing Stuart C. Irby Company, a large electrical materials supplier, in matters pending in federal courts in Florida and Arkansas.
- Counsel for telecommunications company in securities fraud litigation conducted in Mississippi and ultimately in multi-district litigation proceedings in New York against certain investment banks in connection with the 2008 collapse of the auction rate securities market.
- Counsel for telecommunications company in a variety of actions concerning the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
- Counsel for a major coal mining concern in various matters before the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality.
- Counsel for telecommunications executive in, at the time, the largest securities fraud criminal proceeding in the United States.
- Engaged as a manager in the audit and business advisory division of the Memphis, Tennessee office of the multinational accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, LLP, with a focus in banking and financial services industries.
ASSOCIATIONS
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants